Re: Anyone use Rational Apex on a WinNT platform?

[Dave Wood <dpw@cts.com>]

I certainly can't speak for Rational, but regarding
the documentation issue, wouldn't any Win32 book
suffice?  Presuming the binding is thin, any of
the dozens of books at your local Barnes&Noble
ought to be usable for Win32 programming even if
Apex itself doesn't include Win32 API docs.

-- Dave Wood, Aonix
-- Product Manager, ObjectAda for Windows
-- http://www.aonix.com


Roga Danar wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
>   I am amoung the unfortunate that use Rational Apex Ada.
> 
> John *NOSPAM* Bunk wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > Has anyone used the Rational Apex Ada compiler on a NT host platform for a
> > Win32 target?
> 

[snip]

> 
> > Documentation?
> 
>     NONE!! This is my biggest complaint.  If the WIN API were documented I
> would have little problem w/ it.  But there is little to none in any of the
> sub-systems that came with the version I am using.
> 
> > Performance?
> 
>     Well, the Apex environment for NT is an entirely different animal than the
> one they have for Unix.  They make like it isn't but believe me it is.
> 
>     My experience w/ it includes:
> 
> Crashes.  Once in a while it fails to get permissions to write one file or
> another and just crashes. BANG, you have to it up again.
> 
> Terrible GUI.  It take getting use to but even then it really uncomfortable to
> work with.  if one is use to the Unix version be prepared to be disappointed in
> the funcationality that you are losing.
> 
> Cannot write to PRN or LPT1:  I have yet to find a way to write to a port with
> this version of Apex Ada.  There is code in the predefined.ss that look like it
> could help but only crashes on elaboration.  I have written for help on this
> very ng but to no avail.  I as well as others have been able to do this simple
> task on other compilers (GNAT, Alsys) for NT.
> 
> >
> 
>     Hope this helps.
> 
>     Michael
> 
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > John
> 
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